Air & Space Power Journal articles from June 2009

Air & Space Power Journal archives from June 2009

Assimilating unmanned aircraft systems.(Senior Leader Perspectives)(Discussion)
June 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Air Vice-Marshal Tony Mason: The assimilation of UASs into national air forces is moving briskly, but in an astonishing array of directions. If there is a clear path to the future for these systems, no one has captured...

Perspectives on leadership and management.(Senior Leader Perspectives)(Essay)
June 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It was 21 April 2006, my retirement day from the MITRE Corporation and from my 40-year professional career. (1) as I sat in an auditorium on MITRE's Bedford, Massachusetts, campus and listened to my bosses and others...

Understanding the enemy as a complex system: a multidisciplinary analytic problem requiring a multidisciplinary team approach.(Senior Leader Perspectives)
June 22, 2009... Our greatest challenge today is to identify and understand the enemy we need to affect. -Lt Gen David A. Deptula Deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance headquarters Us Air Force [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Unmanned aircraft systems.(Focus Area)
June 22, 2009... This is one of those inflection points, one of those times when the whole path of history shifts.... That's what's happening, and the question is whether the United States Air Force wants to be on that wave or left behind. -Gen Norton...

Publishing in Air and Space Power Journal.(Prelaunch Notes)(Column)
June 22, 2009... MANY PEOPLE INQUIRE about our process for determining the publication potential of articles submitted to Air and Space Power Journal (ASPJ). The following offers a rough outline of that process. After we receive an article, members of the...

Managing the human weapon system: a vision for an Air Force human-performance doctrine.(The Merge)(Column)
June 22, 2009... The basic planning, development, organization and training of the Air Force must be well rounded, covering every modern means of waging air war.... The Air Force doctrines likewise must be flexible at all times and entirely uninhibited by...

The Air Force commander: the power of interaction and vision.(The Merge)(Essay)
June 22, 2009... HOW DO YOU measure command success? Simply by the next j ob you are awarded? Or by combat victory, plain and simple? If you care about these questions, this article has something for you. The target audience is US Air Force commanders, but I...

America's two air forces.(The Merge)(Column)
June 22, 2009... ALTHOUGH AMERICA NEEDS two air forces, it is buying neither. Lately the US Air Force has been caught aloft in uncertain skies and has lost its way. Its message certainly does not resonate with the civilian leadership or Congress. (1) Even Airmen...

Optimizing the effectiveness of directed energy weapons with specialized weather support.(PIREP)
June 22, 2009... When the thunderclap comes, there is no time to cover the ears. --Sun Tzu ACCURATE CHARACTERIZATION of the atmosphere is essential to maximizing the use of directed energy (DE) weapons. Developing, procuring, and sustaining such weapons...

Operators of Air Force unmanned aircraft systems: breaking paradigms.
June 22, 2009... As the Air Force plans the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the fleet, it confronts a personnel system and culture designed for and inherently biased towards manned aviation. In this article, the author discusses the history...

Tactical generals: leaders, technology, and the perils of battlefield micromanagement.
June 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 1999 Gen Charles Krulak coined the term "strategic corporal" (i.e., a junior member trained and empowered to make time-critical decisions in response to the dynamic ground fight). In this article, the author examines...

The Army's "organic" unmanned aircraft systems: an unhealthy choice for the joint operational environment.
June 22, 2009... The rapid increase in demand for long-duration intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets, coupled with the Air Force's inability to meet that demand, has caused the Army to initiate procurement of its own extended-range,...

Airpower trends 2010: the future is closer than you think.
June 22, 2009... The author examines the state of airpower in the near future by addressing three broad areas in which radical change has already occurred. First, he shows that close air support has undergone a revolution in efficacy by improving networked...

Air domain development in Africa: a reasonable proposition.(Quick-Look)
June 22, 2009... IN LIGHT OF the recent stand-up of US Africa Command, we should consider innovative ways to apply airpower in Africa. We traditionally think of airpower per forming combat or humanitarian-relief roles, but with regard to many developing regions...

ARVN: Life and Death in the South Vietnamese Army.(Book review)
June 22, 2009... ARVN: Life and Death in the South Vietnamese Army by Robert K. Brigham. University Press of Kansas (http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu), 2502 Westbrooke Circle, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-4444, 2006, 250 pages, $29.95 (hardcover). The Army of the...

New Heavens: My Life as a Fighter Pilot and a Founder of the Israel Air Force.(Book review)
June 22, 2009... New Heavens: My Life as a Fighter Pilot and a Founder of the Israel Air Force by Boris Senior. Potomac Books (http://www.potomacbooksinc.com), 22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, Virginia 20166, 288 pages, $20.76 (hardcover), $13.56 (softcover)....

Go for Launch! An Illustrated History of Cape Canaveral.(Book review)
June 22, 2009... Go for Launch! An Illustrated History of Cape Canaveral by Joel W. Powell with Art LeBrun. Apogee Books/ Collectors Guide Publishing (http://www.apogeebooks.com), 1440 Graham's Lane, Unit no. 2, Burlington, Ontario L7S IW3, Canada, 2006, 320...

Enduring the Freedom: A Rogue Historian in Afghanistan.(Book review)
June 22, 2009... Enduring the Freedom: A Rogue Historian in Afghanistan by Sean M. Maloney. Potomac Books (http://www.potomacbooksinc.com), 22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, Virginia 20166, 2006, 320 pages, $22.00 (hardcover), $15.16 (softcover). A...

LeMay.(Book review)
June 22, 2009... LeMay, Great Generals Series, by Barrett Tillman. Palgrave Macmillan (http://www.palgrave-usa.com), 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10010, 2007, 224 pages, $21.95 (hardcover). Curtis Emerson LeMay was a straightforward, combat-proven...

Rattler One-Seven: A Vietnam Helicopter Pilot's War Story.(Book review)
June 22, 2009... Rattler One-Seven: A Vietnam Helicopter Pilot's War Story by Chuck Gross. University of North Texas Press (http://www.unt.edu/untpress), P.O. Box 311336, Denton, Texas 76203-1336, 2004, 248 pages, $27.95 (hardcover), $14.95 (softcover). ...

Globemaster III: Acquiring the C-17.(Book review)
June 22, 2009... Globemaster Ill: Acquiring the C-17 by Betty R. Kennedy. Office of History, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Illinois, 2004, 298 pages (softcover). The ideal military airlifter would have high speed and global range. It would operate...

1776.(Book review)
June 22, 2009... 1776 by David McCullough. Simon and Schuster (http://www.simonsays.com), 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, 2005, 400 pages, $32.00 (hardcover); 2006, 400 pages, $18.00 (trade paperback). David McCullough's 1776 is an...

Space as a Strategic Asset.(Book review)
June 22, 2009... Space as a Strategic Asset by Joan Johnson-Freese. Columbia University Press (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup), 61 West 62nd Street, New York, New York 10023, 2007, 320 pages, $45.00 (hardcover). Dr. Joan Johnson-Freese, professor and...

Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle with Militant Islam.(Book review)
June 22, 2009... Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle with Militant Islam by Zahid Hussain. Columbia University Press (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup), 61 West 62nd Street, New York, New York 10023, 2007, 256 pages, $24.95 (hardcover). If any air warriors in...

War Bird Ace: The Great War Exploits of Capt. Field E. Kindley.(Book review)
June 22, 2009... War Bird Ace: The Great War Exploits of Capt. Field E. Kindley by Jack Stokes Ballard. Texas A&M University Press Consortium (http://www.tamu.edu/upress), John H. Lindsey Building, Lewis Street, 4354 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-4354,...

American Generalship: Character Is Everything: The Art of Command.(Book review)
June 22, 2009... American Generalship: Character Is Everything: The Art of Command by Edgar F. Puryear Jr. Presidio Press (http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/category/military), Random House Publishing Group, 1745 Broadway, New York, New York 10019, 2001, 400...

Mission Debrief.
June 22, 2009... Air and Space Power Journal, the US Air Force's professional journal, is published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, French, and Chinese. Each version is independent and has an editor--a native speaker of the particular language and an...